John Corvino spoke at the University of Oklahoma on Friday September 9 about the definition of marriage.
Many people have different definitions of marriage. Some think it is important to keep marriage in its own union for heterosexuals. The New Natural Law has two competing views of marriage, a conjugal view and a revisionist view. The conjugal view better captures our intuitions about what marriage is.
Christina Flanagan, a student at the University of Oklahoma, doesn’t agree with the New Natural Laws because “the couple signs a legal document saying they are married and their vows bond them together.”
Corvino doesn’t think marriage needs a tidy and neat definition. There are many different ways to understand marriage. Five states plus the District of Columbia that recognizes same sex marriage.
Flanagan thinks “marriage is two people who are truly committed to each other for their whole lives and have a ceremony.”
Corvino is a gay rights advocate and is raising awareness about same sex marriage. He is showing people that there is not a true definition for marriage and everyone deserves to be treated equally.
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